"Open-mindedness" is a myth, and rightly so

[thebobartist]

It seems to me that a lot of people who call themselves what I call myself - "liberal", specifically - have this bizarre ideal that they all like to bow down and worship without really thinking about (and no, I'm not talking about Michael Moore!).

Open-mindedness - what does it really mean? We always shout about how angry it makes us that people aren't open-minded, but we always follow that up with (not always audibly)because they don't agree with us.

Is it just me, or is that fundamentally closed-minded?

Technically, isn't saying that all racists and fundies and the like are wrong and insane and/or evil and/or stupid closed-minded as well?

Now, think about that. Just let it sink in.

We need to accept that we are closed-minded, and for good reason. If you weren't solidly sure of your opinion, hopefully, you wouldn't have that opinion, am I right?

Being totally "open-minded" would really just mean that you are really, really gullible, and sure, there are people like that, but that's not a good thing. That's very, very negative.

"Open-minded" needs to stop being a liberal code for "agrees with our conceptualization of the world" and "closed-minded" needs to stop being a code for "this person disagrees with me/us, and therefore must be stupid".

Just sayin'. I feel that if we all took heed of this advice, we'd be viewed much more as people trying to make a positive change in America and the world as opposed to pretentious little attention-seeking wannabe trendwhore activists.